WWC207 – Helen’s Feminine “Anything Goes” Challenge

If you saw my post for The Male Room this morning, this card may look somewhat familiar. I used the same layout and basic design for both, but for that one I used patterned paper and a masculine theme, whilst for this one I went one layer, clean and simple, and of course feminine for our feminine theme at Watercooler Wednesday. Actually this blog post contains too cards, both with a very similar approach. I felt that my first attempt wasn’t feminine enough, so I had another go at it!

On my first attempt I started with a light blue card base and stamped the snowman from Simon Says Stamp’s Snow Much directly on to it. I then masked it off and added some ink blended clouds with the MFT Mini Cloud  Edges Stencil and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide. I flipped the card and added some snow banks using white pigment ink, then removed all my masks.

I then used coloured pencils to colour in the snowman. For the white areas I laid the pencil heaviest in the highlight areas and less so in the shadow areas, whereas on the accessories I put heavier colour where I wanted my shadows to be.

I restamped the snowman to make the lines crisper and also added the sentiment, and finally scored a simple frame around the card.

I really felt the card wasn’t feminine enough so I started over on a white card base. This time I used Spun Sugar Distress ink to create soft pink clouds, and didn’t add any snow banks.

I used my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers to colour the snowman. I used shades of pinks and purples for the accessories, and a touch of very pale mint for the snow. Then it was just a case of adding the sentiment and the card was complete

Which card do you prefer? Of the two one layer creations I definitely prefer the pink and white. I think it’s cleaner and certainly has a more feminine feel. The blue one has grown on me though, and I don’t dislike it as much as I did initially! I do also really like the first card in the video (blog post here) as I had fun without even though I don’t usually use patterned paper all that much. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the cards!

Love,

Lady Joyful

Challenges included:

AAA Cards – One Layer and Optional: Love

CAS(E) This Sketch – Sketch

Crafty Gals Corner – CAS

Incy Wincy Designs – Girly

Moving Along With The Times – Add A Sentiment

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge – Anything Goes

Uniko Challenge – Anything Goes and Optional: Love

Watercooler Wednesday – Anything Feminine Goes

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Check out what the rest of the DT made:

Charlotte (that’s me!)

Dawn

Donna

Gail

Heidi

Helen

Karen

Kath

Marsha

Tristan